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Seimas

Seimas is the Lithuanian parliament. It has 141 members that are elected for a four-year term. About half of the members of this legislative body are elected in individual constituencies (71), and the other half (70) are elected by nationwide vote according to proportional representation. A party must receive at least 5% of the national vote to be represented in the Seimas.

See also:

• Politics of Lithuania
• Sejm is the name of the lower house of the parliament in Poland
• Saeima is the name of the parliament in Latvia.

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